shit-eating grin

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

fish-eating grin shit-eating grins 复数 shit-eating grins

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A broad smile indicating self-awareness that may suggest self-satisfaction, smugness, discomfort, or embarrassment.

    习语 粗俗

    Near-synonym: smirk

词源

Possibly from a contraction of "grinning like a ’possum eating shit" (compare also happy as a pig in shit); later detached from meaning and persisting due to its vividness (cf. "there are many ways to skin a cat" or "happy as a clam").

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